The main reason most parents go to libraries is to get books for their kids. So what becomes of the magic of being surrounded by books when e-readers become more prevalent?
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Staying safe on social media isn't easy. Social networks want a LOT of your information. Here's a visual guide to what you can (and can't) post. 
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If you would like to have your students try their hands at creating infographics, Piktochart is a good tool to use. Piktochart provides seven free infographic templates. Each template can be customized by changing the colors, fonts, icons, and charts on each template.
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here are a ton of great lists out there that showcase many (many, many) apps and digital tools that address the objectives. And they are by no means comprehensive, so don’t limit yourself. If you see an app listed that say, creates movies (addressing skill: create), don’t automatically assume that the app listed is better than the one you already have.
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Once upon a time, there was a teacher looking for ways to help her students tell a story. She wanted to give them a variety of tools from which to construct their stories. At their school were computer labs, iPad carts, and a BYOD policy. With all those options, she knew there had to be more than just Microsoft Word.
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From pop icons to your local newspaper, there are powerful learning tools right at your fingertips. These real-world tools are being used in ESL right now!
Sean Ryan O'Neill's curator insight,
May 27, 2013 6:56 PM
teaching is learning, hand in hand, together they walk down the aisle, just like love and marriage.
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![How Does Writing Affect Your Brain? [infographic] | Visual*~*Revolution | Scoop.it](https://img.scoop.it/t2QxiGuHngFviiq1M1BetDl72eJkfbmt4t8yenImKBVvK0kTmF0xjctABnaLJIm9)
Most of us write a little something everyday. It might be a grocery list, a poem, or a write-up on the infographic of the day. As we go through this daily ritual, however, we are probably not aware of the effects writing has on our brains. According to this infographic, writing can serve as a calming, meditative tool. Stream of conscious writing exercises, in particular, have been identified as helpful stress coping methods. Keeping a journal, for example, or trying out free-writing exercises, can drastically reduce your levels of stress.
Claire Williams's curator insight,
September 26, 2013 7:01 PM
Although this artical does not have any background in being credible, it does give somoone who hates writing the incentive to do so. In the artical it takes about how writing can relive stress. No matter what type of writing it is (yes as much as i hate to say it even writeing for a class is benificial)
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Most fruits are packed with many vitamins and fiber necessary for a balanced diet. Instead of spending money on vitamin pills, a yummy way of getting your required amount of vitamins is to eat them straight from the food source! Living on a clean, raw diet that includes fruit can have it’s perks that include weight loss, increased energy, and better health overall!
Gene Finch's curator insight,
July 28, 2014 4:14 PM
Why is it Important to Eat Fruit? Health BenefitsFruit basket An apple a day, 
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There are several web tools that can help users see what is trending online.Besides the hashtag search, here are two great web services you can use to keep track of the trending topics online.
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Many have attempted to identify the skills important for a learner today in this era of the 21st century (Yes! An overused phrase). Jackie Gerstein has an affinity towards the skills identified by Tony Wagner and has created a great visual to go along with them.
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Coffee contains antioxidants, vitamins, and minerals, and few dietary proteins. Even thought caffeine can have positive effects, over consumption may cause negative results. See if the reward is worth the risk.
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Education is all about sparking learners curiosity. This curiosity once aroused can plumb the depths of knowledge and enlighten the lives of learners with new learning discoveries and explorations. Curiosity has been and is still behind most of the life-changing inventions that mankind has ever known.
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TED talkers are nothing if not fluent. Could it be that the effective presentation of the speakers in TED-style videos fools us into thinking we're learning more than we are?
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Adaptive learning is built upon the key precepts posited by Montessori and hence the interconnectedness between the two approaches. In other words, adaptive learning is nothing else but the integration of technology into Montessori education appraoch.
Jack Rice's curator insight,
September 11, 2013 8:14 PM
A summary of a few of the features that I highlight on my school tours.
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Gabriele Galimberti is a professional photographer from Italy. He recently finished a whirlwind 18-month trip around the world during which he pursued many of his photographic projects. One of those projects is entitled Toy Stories, where Galimberti took portraits of children from around the world posing with their most prized possessions- their toys.
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The Internet is without a doubt one of the best resources available to us. Unfortunately it’s also extremely dangerous if you aren’t aware of who and what lurks behind the scenes.
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ImageQuiz is a fantastic new website that lets users create image-based quizzes with ease. Just upload your image, choose a title, and begin tagging the locations of the labels. Tagging works by drawing on the image to define what the quiz should test people on, and then labeling each of those tags. It is very easy to use and has a basic, simple interface and best of all – no signup required!
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Pinterest is an online platform that is making such a huge buzz in the world of social media. Focusing on the visual component, Pinterest attracted a huge number of internet surfers and within a few months after its launch, its user data base counted millions. People tend to favor visual attractiveness over the textual one. This is probably understood given how the mind easily and quickly processes and stores visually encoded data compared to the written code.
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We often talk about iPads in K-12 classrooms, the availability of information on the web for college students to access, and a host of other similar topics in too many categories to mention. But we don’t often broach the topic of technology in early childhood education classrooms.
Haylee King's curator insight,
June 3, 2013 11:07 PM
This interesting creative information board provides educators with a range of reasons and results as to why technology is so important in the Early Childhood classroom context. It is interesting to see quantitative results that show concrete evidence of why technology education is viewed the way it is, and to look at how other schools or countries may compare. This ScoopIt could be used possibly in professional development gatherings or staff meetings in schools to provide a benchmark or topic of debate about technology use in schools today. 
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June 9, 2013 1:04 AM
Thank you Haylee for this valuable information. I too have a Scoop.It page that focuses on creatively using technology in the early years classroom and it was indeed interesting to see in a survey format the percentage of teachers that are actually implementing technology into their lessons and in what ways. I am currently working in a school that has access to a wide range of ICT resources and yet has very little involvement with them. With so many resources available it is hard to understand why, but I believe it is because many teachers have little time to professionally engage with these resources and know little about how to utilise them in their lessons. This information would indeed be useful to share with teachers in staff meetings to encourage their involvement with technological resources.
Kelly A. Roper's curator insight,
June 9, 2013 2:27 AM
Although we are encouraged as teachers using the Australian Curriculum (ACARA, 2012) to develop ICT capability in our students as they learn to use ICT effectively and appropriately to access, create and communicate information and ideas, solve problems and work collaboratively in all learning areas at school, and in their lives beyond school, we can see from this survey that really there are very few teachers in our early years classrooms making use of the technological resources available to them. I challenge teachers to view creative ways to implement technology and to invest their time in getting to know the programs and resources available to them.
ACARA (2012). Australian curriculum: information and communication technology (ICT) in the classroom. Retrieved June 9, 2013, from http://www.australiancurriculum.edu.au/GeneralCapabilities/Information-and-Communication-Technology-capability/Introduction/Introduction
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Using technology in the classroom–and using it effectively–might require some slight adjustments on the part of the teacher to sustain the effort, creative problem-solving, and innovation required to actually improve learning through the use of technology.n this context, Always Prepped recently released the following infographic that clarifies some of the habits highly-effective users of technology might possess.
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It does feel scary: every single footprint you make online is added to your overall digital tattoo, one that will stay alive even after you die.Think again about it! What you are doing online is and will never be private so you better behave :).
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Many educators are explicitly teaching online research skills, such as how to evaluate a website's credibility, how to use precise keywords, and how to better mine search engines.
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Do you use the same password for all websites? Do you overshare on Facebook? If so, you're a target for cybercriminals!
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